COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Bavarian Nordic A/S announced today that the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) has ordered 110,000 doses of MVA-BN smallpox/monkeypox vaccine, which will be made available to EU Member States, Norway and Iceland in response to the current monkeypox outbreak. Established by the European Commission in September 2021, HERA’s purpose is…
Atos sells shareholding in Worldline for €220 million
PARIS, FRANCE: Atos has completed the sale of its entire stake in Worldline of ca. 7.0 million shares representing ca. 2.5% of Worldline’s share capital. The sale was carried out by way of an accelerated book building to institutional investors. Atos has concomitantly entered into a derivative transaction to hedge its residual exposure to Worldline’s…
Fintel and M&G plc sign long term strategic distribution partnership
LONDON, UK: Fintel (AIM: FNTL), the leading provider of Fintech and support services to the UK retail financial services sector, announced that M&G plc has become the latest partner to commit to a multi-year agreement for its Managed Distribution Service (MDS), with the agreement covering M&G’s retail and savings business, primarily Pru UK, and M&G…
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield to sell Almere Centrum in The Netherlands for €155mn
AMSTERDAM: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced an agreement with a group of private investors led by the UMB Group for the sale of Almere Centrum in The Netherlands. The Net Disposal Price of €155 Mn is in line with the last appraisal value. Almere Centrum is an 87,000 sqm high-street retail asset located in the city centre…
MJ Hudson signs strategic partnership with Cork Gully
LONDON, UK: MJ Hudson, the end-to-end solutions provider to the asset management industry, announced a new strategic partnership with leading restructuring practice, Cork Gully, providing MJ Hudson and its clients with access to the growing market for private markets fund restructurings and further extending the full-service solutions provided by the Group. Pursuant to this partnership,…
FirstGroup signs National Rail Contract for GWR
LONDON, UK: FirstGroup plc announced the agreement of a National Rail Contract (‘NRC’) with the Department for Transport (‘DfT’) for its Great Western Railway (‘GWR’) train operating company. The new NRC will commence on 26 June 2022, when GWR’s current contractual agreement ends. The NRC for GWR has a core three-year term to 21 June…
VAALCO energy set to join Russell 3000 index
HOUSTON: VAALCO Energy Inc. (NYSE: EGY) is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000® Index at the conclusion of the 2022 Russell Indexes Annual Reconstitution, according to a preliminary list of additions posted by FTSE Russell on June 3, 2022. Inclusion in the index will take effect after the U.S. market opens on June 27,…
PSX welcomes US Ambassador visit with a Gong Ceremony
KARACHI, PAKISTAN: A Gong Ceremony was held at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on the visit of the Ambassador of the United States of America to Pakistan, Mr. Donald Blome, to PSX. The US Ambassador, accompanied by the US Consul General in Karachi, Mr. Mark Stroh, and his team, were welcomed at the Exchange by the…
TotalEnergies to acquire a 25% interest in Adani New Industries Limited
PARIS, FRANCE: TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement with Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to acquire a 25% interest in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL), a statement noted. ANIL will be the exclusive platform of AEL and TotalEnergies for the production and commercialization of green hydrogen in India. ANIL will target a production of one million…
ITV to acquire Plimsoll Productions £103.5 million
LONDON, UK: ITV plc has agreed to acquire a majority interest of 79.5% in Plimsoll Productions, the largest independent producer of natural history programmes in the world and a growing premium factual producer, for a cash consideration of approximately £103.5 million, valuing Plimsoll at an Enterprise Value of £131 million, a notice said. Founded in…
Entain plc agrees to acquire entire share capital of BetCity.nl for upto €850mn
LONDON, UK: Entain plc (LSE: ENT) has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of BetEnt B.V., which trades under the BetCity.nl name from Sports Entertainment Media B.V. for an initial consideration of €300m and deferred contingent consideration of up to €550m, a statement said. BetCity is one of the Netherlands’ leading online sports betting and…
LifeSafe Holdings announces IPO on AIM market of London Stock Exchange
LONDON, UK: LifeSafe Holdings plc, a fire safety technology business with innovative fire safety products, announced its intention to seek admission of its shares to trading on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange. The Group is seeking to raise £3 million by way of a placing of new ordinary shares, which is expected to…